USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

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The following is an example of what kind of rhetorical device?I was so embarrassed, I almost died right there in front of everyone!

(A) Anaphora

(B) ** Hyperbole

(C) Oxymoron

(D) Antithesis

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Repetition, figurative language, and even rhetorical questions are all examples of rhetorical devices.

Concept note-2: -Types of rhetorical devices Logos, an appeal to logic; Pathos, an appeal to emotion; Ethos, an appeal to ethics; or, Kairos, an appeal to time.

Concept note-3: -A metaphor is a type of figure of speech that compares one thing to another unlike thing. It’s a direct comparison between two things that may not appear similar at all. Metaphors directly state that one thing is another. Metaphors are an example of figurative language because they aren’t meant to be taken literally.